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How the immune system learns from harmless particles - EurekAlert


<strong>Our lungs are bombarded by all manner of different particles every single day. Whilst some are perfectly safe for us, others&mdash;known as pathogens&mdash;have the potential to make us ill. The immune system trains its response whenever it encounters such a pathogen. Yet researchers at the University of Bonn have now shown that even harmless particles help to improve the immune response and have published their results in the journal &ldquo;Nature Immunology.&rdquo; </strong>

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